Lost Sharing Folders

Both myself and my friend have upgraded our messnger account and we have lost
access to our sharing folders

Can they be retrieved or accesed through the new version?

If you have just upgraded to version 9.. I am afraid that sharing folders
have now been removed. They have been replaced with Skydrive now..

Gordy

"Patrickb" <> wrote in message
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> Both myself and my friend have upgraded our messnger account and we have
> lost
> access to our sharing folders
>
> Can they be retrieved or accesed through the new version?

Greetings,

You can retrieve the files in your Sharing Folders, but you won't be able to use the feature
(as Gordon already mentioned, it's been removed in this latest version).

To get to the Sharing Folders, head over the following folder;
On XP:
\Documents and Settings\username\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\LiveID\Sharing Folders\
and on Vista:
\Users\username\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Messenger\ LiveID\Sharing Folders

Where username is your Windows username and LiveID is your Windows Live ID e-mail address.
Additionally, some of these folders will be hidden by default, to see them simply press the
Alt key on the keyboard in any Windows Explorer window to bring up the toolbar, click Tools,
then Folder Options, then the View tab, and then choose 'Show hidden files and folders'.
After click OK, they should appear with the other folders.

Within this 'Sharing Folder' folder you'll see folders with the e-mails of each of your
contacts and the files you were synchronizing will be in there.

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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"Patrickb" <> wrote in message
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> Both myself and my friend have upgraded our messnger account and we have lost
> access to our sharing folders
>
> Can they be retrieved or accesed through the new version?

get a far better sharing folders program from microsoft

http://sync.live.com

it was formally known as foldershare

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"Patrickb" <> wrote in message
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> Both myself and my friend have upgraded our messnger account and we have
> lost
> access to our sharing folders
>
> Can they be retrieved or accesed through the new version?

Sharing Folders is such a conveniet feature, why was it removed from WLM 2009?

:-(

YS

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> You can retrieve the files in your Sharing Folders, but you won't be able to use the feature
> (as Gordon already mentioned, it's been removed in this latest version).
>
> To get to the Sharing Folders, head over the following folder;
> On XP:
> \Documents and Settings\username\Local
> Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\LiveID\Sharing Folders\
> and on Vista:
> \Users\username\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Messenger\ LiveID\Sharing Folders
>
> Where username is your Windows username and LiveID is your Windows Live ID e-mail address.
> Additionally, some of these folders will be hidden by default, to see them simply press the
> Alt key on the keyboard in any Windows Explorer window to bring up the toolbar, click Tools,
> then Folder Options, then the View tab, and then choose 'Show hidden files and folders'.
> After click OK, they should appear with the other folders.
>
> Within this 'Sharing Folder' folder you'll see folders with the e-mails of each of your
> contacts and the files you were synchronizing will be in there.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
>
> "Patrickb" <> wrote in message
> news:BB5C0DC8-88BE-4567-B5E7-...
> > Both myself and my friend have upgraded our messnger account and we have lost
> > access to our sharing folders
> >
> > Can they be retrieved or accesed through the new version?
>
>
>

I don't know for certain but I believe it was removed in favor of using Sky
Drive.

"YANG" <> wrote in message
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> Sharing Folders is such a conveniet feature, why was it removed from WLM
> 2009?
>
> :-(
>
> YS
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> You can retrieve the files in your Sharing Folders, but you won't be able
>> to use the feature
>> (as Gordon already mentioned, it's been removed in this latest version).
>>
>> To get to the Sharing Folders, head over the following folder;
>> On XP:
>> \Documents and Settings\username\Local
>> Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\LiveID\Sharing Folders\
>> and on Vista:
>> \Users\username\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Messenger\ LiveID\Sharing Folders
>>
>> Where username is your Windows username and LiveID is your Windows Live
>> ID e-mail address.
>> Additionally, some of these folders will be hidden by default, to see
>> them simply press the
>> Alt key on the keyboard in any Windows Explorer window to bring up the
>> toolbar, click Tools,
>> then Folder Options, then the View tab, and then choose 'Show hidden
>> files and folders'.
>> After click OK, they should appear with the other folders.
>>
>> Within this 'Sharing Folder' folder you'll see folders with the e-mails
>> of each of your
>> contacts and the files you were synchronizing will be in there.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this
>> signature or citation
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> "Patrickb" <> wrote in message
>> news:BB5C0DC8-88BE-4567-B5E7-...
>> > Both myself and my friend have upgraded our messnger account and we
>> > have lost
>> > access to our sharing folders
>> >
>> > Can they be retrieved or accesed through the new version?
>>
>>
>>

SkyDrive is inconvenient at all. :-(

"Brian Murphy" wrote:

> I don't know for certain but I believe it was removed in favor of using Sky
> Drive.
>
> "YANG" <> wrote in message
> news:241E5320-21C4-4D10-A97D-...
> > Sharing Folders is such a conveniet feature, why was it removed from WLM
> > 2009?
> >
> > :-(
> >
> > YS
> >
> > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> You can retrieve the files in your Sharing Folders, but you won't be able
> >> to use the feature
> >> (as Gordon already mentioned, it's been removed in this latest version).
> >>
> >> To get to the Sharing Folders, head over the following folder;
> >> On XP:
> >> \Documents and Settings\username\Local
> >> Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\LiveID\Sharing Folders\
> >> and on Vista:
> >> \Users\username\Appdata\Local\Microsoft\Messenger\ LiveID\Sharing Folders
> >>
> >> Where username is your Windows username and LiveID is your Windows Live
> >> ID e-mail address.
> >> Additionally, some of these folders will be hidden by default, to see
> >> them simply press the
> >> Alt key on the keyboard in any Windows Explorer window to bring up the
> >> toolbar, click Tools,
> >> then Folder Options, then the View tab, and then choose 'Show hidden
> >> files and folders'.
> >> After click OK, they should appear with the other folders.
> >>
> >> Within this 'Sharing Folder' folder you'll see folders with the e-mails
> >> of each of your
> >> contacts and the files you were synchronizing will be in there.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jonathan Kay
> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> >> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> >> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> >> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this
> >> signature or citation
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Patrickb" <> wrote in message
> >> news:BB5C0DC8-88BE-4567-B5E7-...
> >> > Both myself and my friend have upgraded our messnger account and we
> >> > have lost
> >> > access to our sharing folders
> >> >
> >> > Can they be retrieved or accesed through the new version?
> >>
> >>
> >>